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My Life in Prison (2012) (edit title/settings)

Memoirs of a Chinese Political Dissident

by Qisheng Jiang (Author), James Dew (Translator) (edit contributors)

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In 1999, leading dissident Jiang Qisheng was given a four-year sentence for inviting the Chinese people to light candles to honor the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Drawn with indignant intensity from Jiang’s time in prison, his memoirs record chilling observations of the modern... read more

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The year 1999 would not be a quiet one.

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Foreword
Author's Preface
Editor's Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: The Detention Center
Chapters 1 through 35
Epilogue to Part 1

Part 2: In the Transfer Center
Chapters 36 through 46
Epilogue to Part 2

The Day I was Released from Prison
Index
About the Authors

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  1. Qisheng Jiang (Author)
  2. James Dew (Translator)

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Original Language: Chinese
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4422-1222-0
Page Count: 223

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  • Library of Congress: DS779.32 J5313 2012
  • Dewey: 365.45092
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  2. memoirs
  3. prisoners 

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